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<p>With O2 Business, we're running&nbsp;a video series focusing on great apps that can help you grow and manage your small business. Next&nbsp;up, professional social network LinkedIn.</p>

&lt;p&gt;Hi, I'm Ceylan (call me&amp;nbsp;"J"). I'm on a mission to empower female entrepreneurs to build and grow fulfilling businesses that help them achieve&amp;nbsp;their financial and life goals while living enjoyable lives. I do this by developing their business acumen, strategic mindsets and entrepreneurial skills.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am a strategist and marketing expert who spent 15 years resolving corporate companies’ issues. Then I decided to put my know-how at the service of SMEs and more specifically female entrepreneurs.&amp;nbsp;I like to call myself an entrepreneurship coach and business strategist.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As the co-founder and CEO of Academy for Women Entrepreneurs or 'AWE' (https://academyforwomenentrepreneurs.com/) I'm building a comprehensive network of like-minded female small business owners to help them dare, lead and change - all supported our award-winning&amp;nbsp;business training, coaching and collaboration opportunities.&lt;br /&gt;
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Female entrepreneurs are key drivers for innovation, productivity, growth, employment and social progress. Women business owners can, and want to change the world for the better and I want to help them to bring about that change.&lt;br /&gt;
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So if you want to join a community of AWEsome female founders&amp;nbsp;please connect, PM me and say hi!&lt;br /&gt;
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Ceylan x&lt;/p&gt;

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CEO, founder

Lunch and Learn: Accelerating growth as a female entrepreneur

Watch back: Accelerating growth as a female entrepreneur&nbsp;

&lt;p&gt;My motto in life and work is 'Meet people, make friends, and help them.'&amp;nbsp;Getting to know people is the best way of finding out what makes them tick in terms of goals, ambitions, dreams, interests and life in general. I help people by listening to what they need, suggesting ideas, sending links, making introductions, adding value, and offering relevant products and services, where appropriate. When friends have a problem, I love to help them fix it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My varied portfolio career means I have knowledge, experience and contacts in many fields. I am an expert in book publishing, media, mentoring, writing, editing, marketing, crowdfunding, sponsorship, social enterprise and commercial start-ups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd love to get to know you better, so I can help you get to where you want to be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Career highlights:&lt;br /&gt;
• Book trade professional since 1990&lt;br /&gt;
• Consultant Producer, YOU'RE BOOKED! (ITV book series)&lt;br /&gt;
• Pioneer, World Book Day UK&lt;br /&gt;
• Research Director, StoryCode (online recommendation engine for fiction, featured on BBC TV’s DRAGONS’ DEN)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Current roles:&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, CopyGhosting Publishing Services (editorial, marketing, PR &amp;amp; digital agency)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
• Editor &amp;amp; Development Executive, Insight Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, Jolabokaflod CIC (promoting Icelandic 'Christmas book flood' tradition)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
• Director of Crowdfunding, CrowdPatch CIC: free crowdfunding platform for social enterprise&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, The Wisdom of Coffee: a network for Meetup gatherings &amp;amp; a community that shares best practice about business, enterprise &amp;amp; alternative finance)&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, Smart Crowd Productions: integrated arts, media, business &amp;amp; alternative finance production consultancy&lt;br /&gt;
• Director: Corporative Sponsorship, SMGlobal Catwalk, Inc: global fashion events brand&lt;br /&gt;
• Social entrepreneur, 12R Prizes: solving social issues and commercial problems via sponsored cash-prize comptetions&lt;br /&gt;
• Mentor, Founders and Mentors: networking platform, comprising forum, communities and courses for mentors to help pre-launch founders launch start-ups successfully&lt;br /&gt;
• Social entrepreneur, 12Ronnies: hub that provides founders, inventors and creatives a toolkit for launching a startup successfully&lt;br /&gt;
• Co-founder, CrowdMall: virtual shopping centre for ideas that do not yet exist&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Charities:&lt;br /&gt;
• Chairman, Seeds Creatives (charity): runs the ‘Artist in Your Own Residence’ collaborative network mentoring scheme for creatives in all disciplines&lt;br /&gt;
• Director, Arts Centre Group (charity): membership organisation for arts &amp;amp; media professionals&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Committees:&lt;br /&gt;
• All-Party Parliamentary Committee for Crowdfunding (chair: Barry Sheerman MP): meets quarterly at the House of Commons&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Author:&lt;br /&gt;
• Six published books&lt;br /&gt;
• Two books in progress&lt;/p&gt;

Serial entrepreneur

Pre-launch founders, inventors & creatives

Signposting for advice, tools and resources for members wanting to start turning an idea into a business.

&lt;p&gt;Recently named as one of the South West Insider’s 42 under 42, Natalie is&amp;nbsp;driven by the pursuit of social good - and damn good social media. She has poured her expertise into hundreds of businesses and charities, creating results they can actually look at, measure and appreciate the impact of. A proud #SheMeansBusiness trainer for Facebook, Instagram and Enterprise Nation, Natalie is unlikely to ever have a quiet weekend but is having a blast partially running the world from the Naturally Social office.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Accolades: She Means Business Trainer | South West 42 under 42 | Small Biz 100 | UK's No.1 marketing Advisor 2019&amp;nbsp;Qualifications: Advanced diploma Social Media Marketing | Advanced Diploma Digital Marketing | certified HootSuite Trainer&lt;/p&gt;

Director and founder

Full Service Communications Support

&lt;p&gt;Serious about being on social and doing it well? Don&amp;rsquo;t have the resources or skills in-house? Having us as a retained communications and social media agency will give you the confidence and assurance that you&amp;rsquo;re not simply going to &amp;lsquo;be on social&amp;rsquo; but you&amp;rsquo;re always going to be ahead of the game. We&amp;rsquo;ll maintain all your social accounts and we&amp;rsquo;ll get you to a point where you&amp;rsquo;re being held up as an exemplar. We&

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&lt;p&gt;AD:VENTURE provides fully funded support to start&amp;nbsp;ups across the Leeds City Region.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We can help businesses:&lt;/p&gt;

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	&lt;li&gt;Pre Start or Trading less than 3 Years&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Who have ambitions to grow&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Who trade primariliy business to business, or looking to increase current B2B offering&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Based in Leeds City Region area&lt;/li&gt;
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Top apps for business growth: LinkedIn

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